Sweet Promised Land (Basque Series) - Softcover

Laxalt, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874171377 ISBN 13: 9780874171372

Verlag: University of Nevada Press, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

In Sweet Promised Land, Laxalt paints an affectionate portrait of his father and, simultaneously, tells the story that connects immigrant families everywhere in the United States.
Dominique Laxalt, a Basque-American sheepherder, is persuaded by his family to return home for a long-planned visit after living nearly half a century on the ranges of the American West. Accompanied by his son Robert, Dominique travels to his native Basque Country in the French Pyrenees. His return to the village and mountain trails of his youth evokes ambiguous feelings as he describes to his relatives the life of hardship he has endured in the United States. The nostalgic trip to his native land ends poignantly as the elder Laxalt realizes that America has become his true home.
Told with compelling sensitivity, this story portrays a family whose members share a strength of character drawn from their peasant ancestors and yet remain separated by diverse cultures on different continents.

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Robert Laxalt is the first recipient of the Distinguished Nevada Author chair at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Nevada Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1988
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0874171377
• ISBN 13: 9780874171372
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
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